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Add to Preferred SourcesDuring its “Development Decade” of the 1960s, the UN advocated education as a driver of economic growth. But, over the past fifty years, questions have been asked with increasing urgency about what kind of development is promulgated through literacy, skills training, and formal schooling.
What is the longer term cost of an education that promises – and sometimes delivers – productivity, industrialization, modernity, and consumption? Who pays this price? What are the larger costs? And with what ultimate consequence for the planet?
The theme of CIES 2019 is Education for Sustainability. A delegation from the Global Partnership for Education Secretariat will attend the conference and present on the latest research and experience.
The meeting in San Francisco will remind that concerted action and scholarship in education can thwart hatred and violence, promote human rights and dignity, and help ensure our planet’s survival. CIES researchers, analysts, teachers and practitioners can – and must – play roles in these efforts. All hands are needed to analyze curricula, address demographic trends, critique existing paradigms, and advocate for policies and practices that will develop a sustainable planet for all.
VENUE:
5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA
14-18 April 2019
Original source: CIES
Published on 09 April 2019